Posts for March, 2022

Live entertainment in the Lounge Bar with Chris Grant Guitarist/Singer

Quiz Night. £1.00 entry per person. Winner takes all. Cairngorm Stovies at half time

Live entertainment in the Lounge Bar with Graeme Mackay Accordion PLayer

Live Entertainment in the Lounge Bar with Anne & Calum

Live Entertainment in the Loung Bar with Davy Holt Guitarist/Singer

Join us for a guided woodland wander. Our route will take us along the shore of Loch Garten, wind its way beneath towering pine trees and visit tranquil Loch Mallachie. We will listen for the chirps of crossbills and the trills of crested tits, look for tell-tale signs of red squirrels and explore the undergrowth of Caledonian pine forest.

The walk will follow footpaths and last roughly 3 hours, please wear sturdy footwear and dress appropriately for the weather. Covid safety measures will be in place, more details can be found on the website. Toilets will be available at the beginning and end of the walk. Well-behaved dogs, on a lead, are welcome.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the walk begins.

Opera Bohemia, Scotland’s professional touring opera company, will perform Mozart’s comic opera, Marriage of Figaro. Oliver Platt directs this new English version of the opera, which is packed full of wonderful arias, duets and ensembles. The performance is sponsored by TOMS, The Osprey Music Society, based in Boat of Garten under the directorship of Ann Napier.

A cook off drawing competitors from across the globe to compete for the coveted Golden Spurtle. The 29th World Porridge Making Championships returns in person for 2022. A brilliant day out where celebrity judges put our porridge competitors through their paces as they compete in two rounds, specialty and traditional. Free tastings and a mini whisky festival compliment the day which kicks off with a pipe band march through the village. Not to be missed fun for all the family. Primary sponsor Hamlyns of Scotland.

An amateur golf tournament over 18 holes at Grantown Golf Club. Teams of 4. Any mix of male and female teams. Prizes for 1st and 2nd teams and novelty prizes.
Run by the Rotary Club of Spey Valley.
First £1,000 of proceeds goes to the Highland Hospice.

A series of writing workshops where we will explore our relationships with place. Come along to one workshop, or the whole series!

The way we each experience places can be vastly different – our unique emotions, knowledge, memories and company can all alter how we connect to the land. What and who we’re in company with shapes how we connect to a landscape.

With this as a starting point, writer, Elizabeth Reeder, will be hosting a series of writing workshops exploring the idea of companionship.

The workshops will explore what it might mean to have a companion species, or to be accompanied by a question, or to accompany someone with different knowledge of a place than you have.

And we’ll do some writing. The writing is for yourself and you’ll be under no obligation to share. (Although, we are considering collecting stories for those people who are interested in sharing them.)

No previous writing experience is necessary, and all ages* and abilities very welcome. *under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.

These workshops are free, but places are limited. Please sign up to reserve a space.


Tuesday 12th April, 6pm-8pm, with an optional pre-workshop outdoor activity at 4.30pm.

Wednesday 13th April, 12midday. Elizabeth will be sitting at the Loch and writing. There is an open invitation to turn up and join her! (no booking necessary)

Thursday 14th April, 6pm – 8pm, with an optional pre-workshop outdoor activity at 4.30pm. A Writing workshop with Amanda Thomson and Elizabeth Reeder using Amanda’s book A Scots Dictionary of Nature as the basis for discussions and writing!


For any questions please contact Elizabeth directly on ekr.waxwing@gmail.com

Elizabeth Reeder, together with Robbie Synge (choreographer and filmmaker) and Amanda Thomson (writer) are Artists in Residence with Cairngorms Connect through the Endangered Landscapes Artists Residency programme.